The excitement of World Cup round 3 should have come on the chess board, especially since World Champion Magnus Carlsen lost to Bu with white. Unfortunately, the drama was caused by an incident off the board. You can read about it here https://chessdailynews.com/official-statement-from-gm-anton-kovalyov-about-world-cup-incident/ and here https://chessdailynews.com/how-to-properly-handle-a-chess-crisis/

Round 3 – game 1

Name G1 G2  R1  R2  r3  r4  B1  B2  SD Tot
      Round 3 Match 01
 Carlsen Magnus (NOR) 0 0.0
 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) 1 1
      Round 3 Match 02
 Vallejo Pons Francisco (ESP) 0 0.0
 So Wesley (USA) 1 1
      Round 3 Match 03
 Caruana Fabiano (USA) ½ 0.5
 Najer Evgeniy (RUS) ½ 0.5
      Round 3 Match 04
 Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR) ½ 0.5
 Kramnik Vladimir (RUS) ½ 0.5
      Round 3 Match 05
 Aronian Levon (ARM) 1 1.0
 Matlakov Maxim (RUS) 0 0
      Round 3 Match 06
 Wang Hao (CHN) ½ 0.5
 Kuzubov Yuriy (UKR) ½ 0.5
      Round 3 Match 07
 Nakamura Hikaru (USA) ½ 0.5
 Fedoseev Vladimir (RUS) ½ 0.5
      Round 3 Match 08
 Lenderman Aleksandr (USA) ½ 0.5
 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA) ½ 0.5
      Round 3 Match 09
 Grischuk Alexander (RUS) ½ 0.5
 Navara David (CZE) ½ 0.5
      Round 3 Match 10
 Rodshtein Maxim (ISR) 1 1.0
 Kovalyov Anton (CAN) 0 0
      Round 3 Match 11
 Ding Liren (CHN) ½ 0.5
 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (IND) ½ 0.5
      Round 3 Match 12
 Artemiev Vladislav (RUS) ½ 0.5
 Dubov Daniil (RUS) ½ 0.5
      Round 3 Match 13
 Giri Anish (NED) ½ 0.5
 Sethuraman S.P. (IND) ½ 0.5
      Round 3 Match 14
 Li Chao b (CHN) ½ 0.5
 Rapport Richard (HUN) ½ 0.5
      Round 3 Match 15
 Nepomniachtchi Ian (RUS) ½ 0.5
 Jobava Baadur (GEO) ½ 0.5
      Round 3 Match 16
 Onischuk Alexander (USA) ½ 0.5
 Svidler Peter (RUS) ½ 0.5
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